[Levin]

PUBLISHED JUN 14, 2022, 4:41 PM SGT


COLOMBO (AFP) - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is asking civil servants to take an extra day off each week to grow crops in their backyards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage.

The island nation's unprecedented economic downturn has left several staple foods in short supply, along with petrol and medicines, and rampant inflation is ravaging household budgets.


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